KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / LIVING MEDIUM OF PLANTS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

 

KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / LIVING MEDIUM OF PLANTS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / LIVING MEDIUM OF PLANTS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

·      Habitat: The normal locality inhabited by a plant or animal, particularly in relation to the effect of its environmental factors

·      World Habitat Day – 1^st Monday of October

·      The vegetation of deserts is called xerophytes Eg: Opuntia

·      A hydrophyte is an aquatic plant.

·      Plants which grow in saline water is called Halophytes

·      Plants growing well in full sunlight are called Helio-phytes

·      Plants which grow luxuriantly in rainy season and shed all leaves in summer are called Tropophytes

·      Oxylophytes: plants growing on acidic soil

·      Lithophytes: plants growing on rocks

·      Plants growing in marsh are called Helophytes

·      Hydroponics: is a method of cultivating plants without using soil but by using nutrient solution.

 

KERALA PSC / BIOLOGY / LIVING MEDIUM OF PLANTS / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY